Joann A Webster

US Patent:

8428962, Apr 23, 2013

Filed:

Mar 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/721660

Inventors:

Joshua P. Brinkley - Webster Groves MO, US
Connie J. Brooks - Florissant MO, US
Christopher Felice Palombo - O'Fallon MO, US
JoAnn A. Webster - Mount Vernon WA, US

Assignee:

Ascension Health - St. Louis MO

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 2, 705 3

Abstract:

A system includes a healthcare server for determining a return on investment (ROI) for a healthcare program of an organization that provides healthcare services to patients. The healthcare server includes an expense determination module, a benefit determination module and a ROI module. The expense determination module determines operating expenses for the healthcare program. The benefit determination module determines benefits of the healthcare program to beneficiaries of the healthcare program. The beneficiaries include the organization, the patients, employers of the patients and a community that is served by the healthcare program. The ROI module determines the ROI for the healthcare program based on the operating expenses and the benefits.